Principal's Report

Adderly-Allen Awards Evening

It was nice to hold the Adderly Allen awards for the first time since 2019.

The Adderly Allen Awards Evening was established in 2014 after the generous contribution from the Adderly and Allen families to Langwarrin Primary School.

In our office you may have seen the large honour board that showcases the winners in each year level over the years.

The criteria is as follows:

High levels of attendance
Enthusiastic participant in school activities
Always tries their best with class work
Consistently completes homework
Always demonstrates school values

Classroom teachers nominate one student, and our specialist teachers nominate students showing particular talents in the specialist classes.

The following are the winners of the Adderly Allen award:

Prep

Xavier Evans

Year 1

River Johnson

Year 2

Jack Davey

Year 3

Madison Vondracek

Year 4

Emmett

Nolan

Year 5

Ruby Trafford

Year 6

Oscar Tweddle

The following were the winners of specialist awards:

	Visual Arts	ICT	Physical Education	Music
Prep	McKenzi Grigg	Alfi Wheeler	Cooper Driscoll	Blaize Siemienowicz
Year 1	Rhys Warner	Elton Schneidruk	Will Spence	Stella Fleisner
Year 2	Dylan Jones	Lilijana Ninitch	Jett Wheeler	Matthew Chiodo
Year 3	Erin Wilson	Viktoria Verkerk	Harriet De Lany	Kate Jackson
Year 4	Ayda Longley	Samuel Hewitt	Delilah Dartnell	Dean Stempihar
Year 5	Samia El Barche	Whil Sheppard	Zach Curtis	Samuel Pask

*Year 6 winners to be announced at graduation

Congratulations to all nominees and all winners.

New Staff

I would like to welcome Lyndal Gunn and Brad Sheehy to the teaching team for 2023. Both teachers come with a wealth of knowledge and experience and we look forward to them contributing to Langwarrin PS in 2023 and beyond.

I have mentioned previously that Paige Dwyer and Lisa Gadsden will also be teaching at Langwarrin PS in 2023.

Goodbye and Good Luck

Kathryn Matthews will be leaving LPS and working further down the peninsula. Mrs Matthews has made a great contribution over the past 7 years she has been at Langwarrin PS and the staff and students will surely miss her.

Emily Mogyorossy will also be leaving us at the end of the year. Emily will continue her career in Bendigo teaching at the same school as Mr Ben Suter (for those who remember Ben). Emily has been incredibly passionate about the children she has taught and will be missed by all.

Tallulah Peacock will be taking leave for the entire 2023 year. Ms Peacock has been a wonderful asset (along with Mrs Darwall) teaching Visual Arts this year. Again, she will be missed but we are hoping to see her back in 2024!

Rose (our wonderful Chaplain) is also leaving us. Rose has supported many children and their families over the past 4 years. We have been so grateful to have her and wish her well with her next adventure! Baden Harvey will join us to take on the Chaplain role and will spend some time getting to know our students whilst Rose is still here for a handover.

School Council

Don’t forget our final school council meeting of 2022 is on Tuesday 6th December beginning at 6pm in the staff room.

Christmas Concert

Wednesday 7th December beginning at 5.30pm. I have bought a very special shirt for this event (albeit 3 sizes too big). All students are practising hard on their number, and we look forward to having families back for this event!

Final Assembly

Friday 16th December. This is the final assembly of the year. Normally we would have it on the “last” day however I think having it on the Friday is a nicer way to say goodbye to our Year 6 students and to departing staff/students. Parents are welcome. The assembly will begin at about 3.15pm.

Last Day for Students

Monday 19th December - This is the final day for students. We will be finishing at 2.30pm on this day.

The Last Day

Tuesday 20th December - This is a student free day. Teachers will be busy getting ready for 2023.

Team Kids are available on this day should you wish to book your child/children in!

Have a great fortnight

Mark Moorhouse

Principal